WFMU: Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from December 24, 2012

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Fri. Nov 1st, 9pm - Midnight: Mike Sin fills in for Nate K.

Sat. Nov 30th, 11am - 1pm: Mike Sin fills in for Michael Shelley

December 24, 2012: Merry Kissmas! (Fillin' in for Therese)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring	VA: The #1 Baroque Album	Universal Music Group	2001	CD box set	1990. Cover version of one of Bach's biggest hits.		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bellrays	All I Want To Do Is Shag For Christmas	Merry Christmas from the Bellrays	Cheap Lullaby	2006	CD			0:02:57 (Pop-up)
Bob Seger and the Last Heard	Sock It To Me Santa		Cameo	1966	7"			0:05:32 (Pop-up)
Bibi Farber with the Michael Lynch Orchestra	Gonna Ask Santa Claus			2008	CD-R			0:07:35 (Pop-up)
Fleshtones	Super Rock Santa "Super Rock Santa" by "Fleshtones"	Stocking Stuffer	Yep Roc	2008	CD			0:11:20 (Pop-up)
Sloppy Seconds	Hooray for Santa Claus	Lonely Christmas	Taang!	1992	CD			0:13:15 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick	Come On Christmas "Come On Christmas" by "Cheap Trick"	Gift	Not Cool	1995	CD			0:15:23 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker	Christmas in the Sand "Christmas in the Sand" by "Kurt Baker"	VA: This Christmas Time 2	Power Pop Academy	2012	CD		*	0:17:27 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman	Christmas Time "Christmas Time" by "Larry Norman"	VA: Sugarplums	Gentleman Joe	2010	CD-R	1973. From WFMU's Gentleman Joe McGasko's 2010 Xmas comp -- he turned me on to this awesome track		0:21:12 (Pop-up)
Chesterfield Kings	Hey, Santa Claus	VA: Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents Christmas A Go Go	Wicked Cool	2008	CD			0:24:58 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Go Power at Christmas Time	James Brown's Funky Christmas	Chronicles	1995	CD	1970		0:27:14 (Pop-up)

Rockfield Chorus	Jingle, Jangle "Jingle, Jangle" by "Rockfield Chorus"	VA: Destination Bomp!	Bomp!	1994	CD box set	1975		0:40:00 (Pop-up)
Zumpano	Mods of Christmas Town "Mods of Christmas Town" by "Zumpano"	VA: Dawn of a New Era	Ptolemaic Terrascope	1997?	CD	CD given out with issue 25 of the "Ptolemaic Terrascope" mag		0:42:47 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey Group	Christmas Time	Christmas Time	Coyote	1985	LP			0:45:23 (Pop-up)
Mockers	(There’s No War On Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart			2012	MP3	Another track I snagged from a YouTube vid -- Did these dudes officially release this one? Actually, buy it from iTunes right HERE	*	0:48:56 (Pop-up)
Jerry and the Landslides	Get Off of My Roof	VA: You Gotta Have... Moxie, Volume 2	AIP	1999	CD box set	1966		0:52:19 (Pop-up)
Kinks	All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth				MP3	Live on the "Ready Steady Go" UK TV show, December 1965		0:54:58 (Pop-up)
Sonics	Don't Believe In Christmas		Norton	1997	7"	1965		0:56:42 (Pop-up)
Wolf Pack	We're Gonna Howl "We're Gonna Howl" by "Wolf Pack"	OST: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood	ABC-Paramount	1965	LP	This is the Animals! This is from a 1965 ABC TV musical comedy show.		0:58:34 (Pop-up)
Youngsters	Christmas In Jail "Christmas In Jail" by "Youngsters"	VA: Bummed Out Christmas	Rhino	1989	CD	1956		1:00:20 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Run Rudolf Run "Run Rudolf Run" by "Chuck Berry"	VA: Rhythm & Blues Christmas	United Artists	1976	LP	1958		1:02:32 (Pop-up)
Wildebeests	Rudolph's Ruin "Rudolph's Ruin" by "Wildebeests"		Norton	2000	7"			1:04:56 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter	Back Door Santa "Back Door Santa" by "Clarence Carter"	VA: Cool Yule	Rhino	1986	LP	1968		1:07:07 (Pop-up)

Procol Harum	Shine On Brightly "Shine On Brightly" by "Procol Harum"	Shine On Brightly	A&M	1968	LP			1:18:38 (Pop-up)
Twice As Much and Vashti	The Coldest Night of the Year	Sittin' On A Fence: The Immediate Anthology	Sequel	1999	CD	1968		1:22:06 (Pop-up)
Majority	All Our Christmases "All Our Christmases" by "Majority"	The Decca Years 1965-68	Rev-Ola	2009	CD	1968. Written by the Gibb brothers		1:25:27 (Pop-up)
Oscar	Holiday "Holiday" by "Oscar"	VA: Maybe Someone is Digging Underground - Songs of the Bee Gees	Sanctuary	2004	CD	1968. Written by the Gibb bros.		1:27:58 (Pop-up)
Who	Christmas "Christmas" by "Who"	Tommy	Decca	1969	LP			1:31:30 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Riu Chiu "Riu Chiu" by "Monkees"	Missing Links, Vol 2	Rhino	1990	CD	1967.		1:35:58 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye	Purple Snowflakes "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"	VA: A Christmas Present From Motown, Volume 1	Motown	2001	CD	1964		1:37:28 (Pop-up)
Beatles	Christmas Time is Here Again	Free As a Bird	Apple	1995	CD	1967. 4-song maxisingle		1:40:13 (Pop-up)
Big Star	Jesus Christ "Jesus Christ" by "Big Star"	VA: WFMU's War on Christmas	WFMU	2012	CD-R	alternate mix of 1975 track	*	1:43:12 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground	Jesus "Jesus" by "Velvet Underground"	Peel Slowly and See	Polydor	1995	Boxed set	"closet mix" of 1969's "The Velvet Underground" LP		1:45:46 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Cosmic Christmas "Cosmic Christmas" by "Rolling Stones"	Their Satanic Majesties Request	London	1967	LP	Hidden track at the end of Side 1 of this LP		1:48:52 (Pop-up)

Velvet Haze	Last Day on Earth "Last Day on Earth" by "Velvet Haze"	VA: Aliens Psychos & Wild Things #3	Arcania International	2003	CD	1968		2:03:51 (Pop-up)
Creatures of the Golden Dawn	It Feels Like the End of the World	1000 Shadows	Dionysus	1994	CD			2:06:24 (Pop-up)
Lancastrians	The World Keeps Going Round	VA: Doin' the Mod, Vol. 4 - Ready Steady Stop!	Castle	2002	CD	1966. Cover of a Kinks' track written by Ray Davies featuring Jimmy Page on guitar.		2:09:02 (Pop-up)
Mirage	The World Goes On Around You	You Can't Be Serious	MR1	2000	CD	1968		2:11:26 (Pop-up)
Twilights	Stop The World For A Day	Once Upon a Twilight	Aztec	2006	CD	1968		2:13:36 (Pop-up)
La-De-Da's	On Top of the World "On Top of the World" by "La-De-Da's"	How Is The Air Up There? 1966-1967	Ascension	2000	CD	1966		2:17:02 (Pop-up)
Shocking Blue	Send Me a Postcard "Send Me a Postcard" by "Shocking Blue"	VA: We Can Fly, Vol. 3	Past and Present	2003	CD	1968		2:19:24 (Pop-up)
Above	Imprisoned "Imprisoned" by "Above"		Boppa Do Down	2013	7"	This single is coming soon in 2013	*	2:21:50 (Pop-up)

Vipers	Christmas I'll Be Home "Christmas I'll Be Home" by "Vipers"	VA: Oh! No! Not Another... Midnight Christmas Mess Again!!	Midnight	1986	LP			2:33:37 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash	The Little Drummer Boy	The Christmas Spirit	Columbia	1963	LP			2:36:39 (Pop-up)
Ivy League	Good King Wenceslas "Good King Wenceslas" by "Ivy League"	VA: Sequel's Sixties Christmas	Sequel	1998	CD	1965		2:39:09 (Pop-up)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos	Christmas Shopping	Christmas Shopping	Sundazed	1999	CD	1968		2:41:10 (Pop-up)
Bee Gees	All My Christmases Came At Once	Horizontal	Reprise	2006	CD box set	Bonus track on CD reissue of this 1968 LP		2:43:25 (Pop-up)
Michael Lynch	Christmas Bells "Christmas Bells" by "Michael Lynch"	Warped Xmas 2012	Michael Lynch	2012	CD-R	taking its cue from the Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"	*	2:46:18 (Pop-up)
Blind Faith	Presence of the Lord "Presence of the Lord" by "Blind Faith"	Blind Faith	ATCO	1969	LP			2:48:59 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	12:02am Santa lil helper: Merry Xmas !
	12:04am Destroit: Hello MSin and everyone. A welcome surprise.
	12:09am Mike Sin: Good evening, folks!
	12:10am Andrew Waterloo: Evening
	12:13am G: Holy Cow, fully saturated Xmas colorscheme all up in your face :-)
	12:13am Scott B.: huh! Put 'em in the Hall of Fame..in the hall of fame powerstance everyone! now!
	12:14am adrienne: tuned in for some religious, secular, and sinful xmas hitz .. diggin the sloppy seconds!
	12:15am Bluesman: Happy Christmas Eve Eve dear old friend! I'm counting on you to out Bing Bing tonight!
	12:17am KP: Good time to write the cards! Long as in mail by 25th, it's kosher, right.
	12:20am Mike Sin: Folks! Roll with me!
	12:24am Terre T: Really luvin' the Xmas songs, Sin! Bell Rays, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick right on! The Kurt Baker cut was fantastic& totally agree w/ the sentiment ! (Was that in the New Bin? Wish I wudda played that!)
	12:27am tomB: enjoying the Sinner's Xmas
	12:29am Terre T: Heya @Adrienne- Happy & Merry! And hiya, happy& merry @Bluesman! Maybe Santa's gunna get u the Who "Quadrophenia" DELUXE box !
	12:32am zotz: Hey, that Larry Norman rocked!
	12:34am zotz: Hey, you swigging amaretto you're one step away from peppermint schnapps! Jus' fooling, merry Christmas!
	12:34am adrienne: hey terre - you too! wrappin some gifts to some very merry holiday toonz from the haus of $in
	12:36am KP: Is it ok to write Christmas cards in black ink?
	12:37am G: Yes, as long as your fingernails are painted black.
	12:39am Bluesman: What happened to your love of Malibu? The bottle not the Hoboken diner (which I passed today on my eyetalyin express run to Lisa's Deli for supreme Mozzarella braids and
	12:40am BadGuyZero: BLERG! I keep forgetting that I'm an hour behind the time zone I'm used to. Good evening, everyone. Last night of this visit to Denver. Will listen as late as I can. I have to head to the airport in six hours. :rollseyes:
	12:40am Bluesman: ...super soprasatta!
	12:43am BadGuyZero: Billy Idol used red and green ink in his Christmas card.
	12:44am Andrew Waterloo: I must say, I do enjoy a shot of Amaretto in my coffee
	12:44am amEdeo: Where are you headed to next BGZ?
	12:44am KP: Bach stole the break from the Byrds' She Don't Care About Time for that one.
	12:46am BadGuyZero: @ameDeo: Back to Dallas in the morning. No more travels planned until next month. I'm going to Chicago for the Low Times live podcast with Steve Albini.
	12:46am KP: Hey BGZ, Merry Christmas! I'm in Va. Almost the Midwest.
	12:47am KP: G. Paint the black it is!
	12:49am BadGuyZero: @KP: Merry Christmas to you! Some of my friends from Denver are in Virginia right now, too. I never realized that Virginia was THE place to spend Christmas. I will be driving up to Denton, TX [the city of my birth] tomorrow to see my grandparents. Will probably spend the night with my parents tomorrow. I hope nobody gets stabbed.
	12:50am G: You go girl :)
	12:52am KP: We are in Old Towne Alexandria. It's one big Christmas card.
	12:52am vinnie favale: the mockers song is GREAT and it's available on Spotify as a single cut..it says it's from an album titled the same as the song
	12:54am KP: G, thanks!
	12:54am Andrew Waterloo: hmmm.. is it only Michigan where it's pronounced ruff
	12:54am Mike Sin: Folks! Thanks for commenting! Well all right!
	12:54am BadGuyZero: Does anyone know if there's a copy of Mojo Nixon's Christmas album in the FMU library? 'Cause if not I'm going to rectify that by Christmas season 2013.
	12:55am KP: I figure it's better to be miserable with Mrs. KP's family than my own.
	12:56am G: @KP: Small world alert. I'm seeing relatives tomorrow morning here in MD who live on Fairfax St.
	1:00am BadGuyZero: Looks like that Mockers tune is digital only. http://themockers.bandcamp.com/album/mockin-around-the-christmas-tree
	1:06am Joe B: Hey Mike! sounding great! ready to start wrapping Christmas gifts! Hey TT!
	1:07am KP: Uh oh.
	1:08am KP: I'm sending cards. How do you spell "B" again?
	1:11am G: To spell B, just write a capital I with no bars, then connect to right side of it a backwards-facing E with curvy arms.
	1:12am Joe B: Dave Edmunds has the best version!
	1:13am BadGuyZero: http://www.foghat.com/fog_rec/runrun.htm
	1:13am G: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ms2AwuGkE Foghat from youtoobs
	1:17am Terre T: Hey @ Joe B - man everybody's wrapping presents! I gotta do that tomorrow! Happy& Merry my raydeo brother!
	1:17am chip: a chance to play shuggie otos' strawberry letter 23 , not xmas but a great sentiment anyhoo
	1:17am KP: Mrs KP, (after two days in close quarters here in Va) aren't you sick of all this weird Christmas music. Mr. KP: No!
	1:19am Joe B: TT great party Saturday, bummed I had to split!
	1:20am KP: Saw Charlie's My Darling on Tv down here. Unbeeleeevable bubba!
	1:20am G: Didn't P.H. also do that Irving Berling adaptation, "A Whiter Shade of Christmas"?
	1:24am BadGuyZero: I'm writing postcards right now. But I'll be wrappin' gifts tomorrow night.
	1:25am KP: Writing a letter To make you feel better
	1:26am KP: BGZ, right after you buy them!
	1:27am Terre T: @ Joe B -YEAH sad u couldn't stay ! Stupid work!
	1:27am KP: This is a fantastic one, mike sin!
	1:28am Andrew Waterloo: There's been a lot of great Christmas music on WFMU the last few days
	1:30am Terre T: @Mike Sin- thx for the Vashti !
	1:30am tomB: @Chip, Shuggie Otis is playing NYC 4/18/13
	1:31am Mike Sin: Folks! Thanks!
	1:32am listener mark: Happy Christmas Eve!
	1:34am tomB: & Mike, thanks for Tommy's Xmas. DJs tend to overlook this great song. Christ, it even mentions Jesus!
	1:36am KP: tomB you're giving away the plot (I saw it too)
	1:36am KP: This has the greatest Yeah!
	1:38am KP: Sgt Pepper, Tommy ... and the rest
	1:42am Bob: This is one of my favorite Christmas songs...I love all the Beatles Christmas records. It's great to hear all this music on WFMU around this time of year. Thanks!
	1:48am KP: Gorgeous!
	1:52am BadGuyZero: I have a bootleg that compiles all of the Beatles' Christmas singles. Before I forget, thank you, Mike, for filling in for Therese. It's always a pleasure to hear you on my interwebs.
	1:52am Bob: BGZ - I have that boot too! :-)
	1:59am Julie at the compound: Hi Mike!!
	2:03am KP: BGZ agreed!
	2:03am BadGuyZero: "Baby It's Cold Inside"
	2:07am KP: Ha ha!
	2:22am BadGuyZero: Hmm...is this a subtle request?
	2:23am BadGuyZero: [the Shocking Blue song]
	2:24am Julie at the compound: sounded like Ray Davies to me..through my tiny bad computer speakers anyway
	2:27am Joe B: worldwide debut! Mike Sin exclusive! who are you, Vin Scelsa!
	2:36am Joe B: love the Midnight X-Mess comps!
	2:41am BadGuyZero: Pumpkin time for me. Thanks again, Mike! Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you have a pleasant day regardless of who you do or do not spend it with. Until next time...
	2:49am Cuz Jerry: Just got on...I'll listen to the archive on Christmas Eve...what can be better! Merry Christmas Mike & TerreT
	2:51am KP: Thanks for this after that version of Holiday.
	2:51am KP: BGZ very Merry if I don't see ya!
	2:52am Mike Sin: Merry Xmas to all of those celebrating! Thanks so much, folks! It's been great fun!
	2:57am KP: Thanks Mike! Wow it is getting late. Merry Christmas one and all.
	2:58am Joe B: Christmas Spirit LP was 1963
	2:59am Cuz Jerry: Only one I missed was Melanie Safka'Merry Christmas". That very cool strange voice...the tempo changes...the message and hell its Merry Christmas! '
	6:13pm kat330: Mike, quite a fine Christmas show. I fully get why you would play Shine On Brightly when you're bummed.

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from December 24, 2012

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Fri. Nov 1st, 9pm - Midnight: Mike Sin fills in for Nate K.
Sat. Nov 30th, 11am - 1pm: Mike Sin fills in for Michael Shelley

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring	VA: The #1 Baroque Album	Universal Music Group	2001	CD box set	1990. Cover version of one of Bach's biggest hits.		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bellrays	All I Want To Do Is Shag For Christmas	Merry Christmas from the Bellrays	Cheap Lullaby	2006	CD			0:02:57 (Pop-up)
Bob Seger and the Last Heard	Sock It To Me Santa		Cameo	1966	7"			0:05:32 (Pop-up)
Bibi Farber with the Michael Lynch Orchestra	Gonna Ask Santa Claus			2008	CD-R			0:07:35 (Pop-up)
Fleshtones	Super Rock Santa "Super Rock Santa" by "Fleshtones"	Stocking Stuffer	Yep Roc	2008	CD			0:11:20 (Pop-up)
Sloppy Seconds	Hooray for Santa Claus	Lonely Christmas	Taang!	1992	CD			0:13:15 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick	Come On Christmas "Come On Christmas" by "Cheap Trick"	Gift	Not Cool	1995	CD			0:15:23 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker	Christmas in the Sand "Christmas in the Sand" by "Kurt Baker"	VA: This Christmas Time 2	Power Pop Academy	2012	CD		*	0:17:27 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman	Christmas Time "Christmas Time" by "Larry Norman"	VA: Sugarplums	Gentleman Joe	2010	CD-R	1973. From WFMU's Gentleman Joe McGasko's 2010 Xmas comp -- he turned me on to this awesome track		0:21:12 (Pop-up)
Chesterfield Kings	Hey, Santa Claus	VA: Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents Christmas A Go Go	Wicked Cool	2008	CD			0:24:58 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Go Power at Christmas Time	James Brown's Funky Christmas	Chronicles	1995	CD	1970		0:27:14 (Pop-up)

Rockfield Chorus	Jingle, Jangle "Jingle, Jangle" by "Rockfield Chorus"	VA: Destination Bomp!	Bomp!	1994	CD box set	1975		0:40:00 (Pop-up)
Zumpano	Mods of Christmas Town "Mods of Christmas Town" by "Zumpano"	VA: Dawn of a New Era	Ptolemaic Terrascope	1997?	CD	CD given out with issue 25 of the "Ptolemaic Terrascope" mag		0:42:47 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey Group	Christmas Time	Christmas Time	Coyote	1985	LP			0:45:23 (Pop-up)
Mockers	(There’s No War On Christmas) When Christmas Is In Your Heart			2012	MP3	Another track I snagged from a YouTube vid -- Did these dudes officially release this one? Actually, buy it from iTunes right HERE	*	0:48:56 (Pop-up)
Jerry and the Landslides	Get Off of My Roof	VA: You Gotta Have... Moxie, Volume 2	AIP	1999	CD box set	1966		0:52:19 (Pop-up)
Kinks	All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth				MP3	Live on the "Ready Steady Go" UK TV show, December 1965		0:54:58 (Pop-up)
Sonics	Don't Believe In Christmas		Norton	1997	7"	1965		0:56:42 (Pop-up)
Wolf Pack	We're Gonna Howl "We're Gonna Howl" by "Wolf Pack"	OST: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood	ABC-Paramount	1965	LP	This is the Animals! This is from a 1965 ABC TV musical comedy show.		0:58:34 (Pop-up)
Youngsters	Christmas In Jail "Christmas In Jail" by "Youngsters"	VA: Bummed Out Christmas	Rhino	1989	CD	1956		1:00:20 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Run Rudolf Run "Run Rudolf Run" by "Chuck Berry"	VA: Rhythm & Blues Christmas	United Artists	1976	LP	1958		1:02:32 (Pop-up)
Wildebeests	Rudolph's Ruin "Rudolph's Ruin" by "Wildebeests"		Norton	2000	7"			1:04:56 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter	Back Door Santa "Back Door Santa" by "Clarence Carter"	VA: Cool Yule	Rhino	1986	LP	1968		1:07:07 (Pop-up)

Procol Harum	Shine On Brightly "Shine On Brightly" by "Procol Harum"	Shine On Brightly	A&M	1968	LP			1:18:38 (Pop-up)
Twice As Much and Vashti	The Coldest Night of the Year	Sittin' On A Fence: The Immediate Anthology	Sequel	1999	CD	1968		1:22:06 (Pop-up)
Majority	All Our Christmases "All Our Christmases" by "Majority"	The Decca Years 1965-68	Rev-Ola	2009	CD	1968. Written by the Gibb brothers		1:25:27 (Pop-up)
Oscar	Holiday "Holiday" by "Oscar"	VA: Maybe Someone is Digging Underground - Songs of the Bee Gees	Sanctuary	2004	CD	1968. Written by the Gibb bros.		1:27:58 (Pop-up)
Who	Christmas "Christmas" by "Who"	Tommy	Decca	1969	LP			1:31:30 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Riu Chiu "Riu Chiu" by "Monkees"	Missing Links, Vol 2	Rhino	1990	CD	1967.		1:35:58 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye	Purple Snowflakes "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"	VA: A Christmas Present From Motown, Volume 1	Motown	2001	CD	1964		1:37:28 (Pop-up)
Beatles	Christmas Time is Here Again	Free As a Bird	Apple	1995	CD	1967. 4-song maxisingle		1:40:13 (Pop-up)
Big Star	Jesus Christ "Jesus Christ" by "Big Star"	VA: WFMU's War on Christmas	WFMU	2012	CD-R	alternate mix of 1975 track	*	1:43:12 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground	Jesus "Jesus" by "Velvet Underground"	Peel Slowly and See	Polydor	1995	Boxed set	"closet mix" of 1969's "The Velvet Underground" LP		1:45:46 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Cosmic Christmas "Cosmic Christmas" by "Rolling Stones"	Their Satanic Majesties Request	London	1967	LP	Hidden track at the end of Side 1 of this LP		1:48:52 (Pop-up)

Velvet Haze	Last Day on Earth "Last Day on Earth" by "Velvet Haze"	VA: Aliens Psychos & Wild Things #3	Arcania International	2003	CD	1968		2:03:51 (Pop-up)
Creatures of the Golden Dawn	It Feels Like the End of the World	1000 Shadows	Dionysus	1994	CD			2:06:24 (Pop-up)
Lancastrians	The World Keeps Going Round	VA: Doin' the Mod, Vol. 4 - Ready Steady Stop!	Castle	2002	CD	1966. Cover of a Kinks' track written by Ray Davies featuring Jimmy Page on guitar.		2:09:02 (Pop-up)
Mirage	The World Goes On Around You	You Can't Be Serious	MR1	2000	CD	1968		2:11:26 (Pop-up)
Twilights	Stop The World For A Day	Once Upon a Twilight	Aztec	2006	CD	1968		2:13:36 (Pop-up)
La-De-Da's	On Top of the World "On Top of the World" by "La-De-Da's"	How Is The Air Up There? 1966-1967	Ascension	2000	CD	1966		2:17:02 (Pop-up)
Shocking Blue	Send Me a Postcard "Send Me a Postcard" by "Shocking Blue"	VA: We Can Fly, Vol. 3	Past and Present	2003	CD	1968		2:19:24 (Pop-up)
Above	Imprisoned "Imprisoned" by "Above"		Boppa Do Down	2013	7"	This single is coming soon in 2013	*	2:21:50 (Pop-up)

Vipers	Christmas I'll Be Home "Christmas I'll Be Home" by "Vipers"	VA: Oh! No! Not Another... Midnight Christmas Mess Again!!	Midnight	1986	LP			2:33:37 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash	The Little Drummer Boy	The Christmas Spirit	Columbia	1963	LP			2:36:39 (Pop-up)
Ivy League	Good King Wenceslas "Good King Wenceslas" by "Ivy League"	VA: Sequel's Sixties Christmas	Sequel	1998	CD	1965		2:39:09 (Pop-up)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos	Christmas Shopping	Christmas Shopping	Sundazed	1999	CD	1968		2:41:10 (Pop-up)
Bee Gees	All My Christmases Came At Once	Horizontal	Reprise	2006	CD box set	Bonus track on CD reissue of this 1968 LP		2:43:25 (Pop-up)
Michael Lynch	Christmas Bells "Christmas Bells" by "Michael Lynch"	Warped Xmas 2012	Michael Lynch	2012	CD-R	taking its cue from the Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"	*	2:46:18 (Pop-up)
Blind Faith	Presence of the Lord "Presence of the Lord" by "Blind Faith"	Blind Faith	ATCO	1969	LP			2:48:59 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:02am Santa lil helper: Merry Xmas !
	12:04am Destroit: Hello MSin and everyone. A welcome surprise.
	12:09am Mike Sin: Good evening, folks!
	12:10am Andrew Waterloo: Evening
	12:13am G: Holy Cow, fully saturated Xmas colorscheme all up in your face :-)
	12:13am Scott B.: huh! Put 'em in the Hall of Fame..in the hall of fame powerstance everyone! now!
	12:14am adrienne: tuned in for some religious, secular, and sinful xmas hitz .. diggin the sloppy seconds!
	12:15am Bluesman: Happy Christmas Eve Eve dear old friend! I'm counting on you to out Bing Bing tonight!
	12:17am KP: Good time to write the cards! Long as in mail by 25th, it's kosher, right.
	12:20am Mike Sin: Folks! Roll with me!
	12:24am Terre T: Really luvin' the Xmas songs, Sin! Bell Rays, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick right on! The Kurt Baker cut was fantastic& totally agree w/ the sentiment ! (Was that in the New Bin? Wish I wudda played that!)
	12:27am tomB: enjoying the Sinner's Xmas
	12:29am Terre T: Heya @Adrienne- Happy & Merry! And hiya, happy& merry @Bluesman! Maybe Santa's gunna get u the Who "Quadrophenia" DELUXE box !
	12:32am zotz: Hey, that Larry Norman rocked!
	12:34am zotz: Hey, you swigging amaretto you're one step away from peppermint schnapps! Jus' fooling, merry Christmas!
	12:34am adrienne: hey terre - you too! wrappin some gifts to some very merry holiday toonz from the haus of $in
	12:36am KP: Is it ok to write Christmas cards in black ink?
	12:37am G: Yes, as long as your fingernails are painted black.
	12:39am Bluesman: What happened to your love of Malibu? The bottle not the Hoboken diner (which I passed today on my eyetalyin express run to Lisa's Deli for supreme Mozzarella braids and
	12:40am BadGuyZero: BLERG! I keep forgetting that I'm an hour behind the time zone I'm used to. Good evening, everyone. Last night of this visit to Denver. Will listen as late as I can. I have to head to the airport in six hours. :rollseyes:
	12:40am Bluesman: ...super soprasatta!
	12:43am BadGuyZero: Billy Idol used red and green ink in his Christmas card.
	12:44am Andrew Waterloo: I must say, I do enjoy a shot of Amaretto in my coffee
	12:44am amEdeo: Where are you headed to next BGZ?
	12:44am KP: Bach stole the break from the Byrds' She Don't Care About Time for that one.
	12:46am BadGuyZero: @ameDeo: Back to Dallas in the morning. No more travels planned until next month. I'm going to Chicago for the Low Times live podcast with Steve Albini.
	12:46am KP: Hey BGZ, Merry Christmas! I'm in Va. Almost the Midwest.
	12:47am KP: G. Paint the black it is!
	12:49am BadGuyZero: @KP: Merry Christmas to you! Some of my friends from Denver are in Virginia right now, too. I never realized that Virginia was THE place to spend Christmas. I will be driving up to Denton, TX [the city of my birth] tomorrow to see my grandparents. Will probably spend the night with my parents tomorrow. I hope nobody gets stabbed.
	12:50am G: You go girl :)
	12:52am KP: We are in Old Towne Alexandria. It's one big Christmas card.
	12:52am vinnie favale: the mockers song is GREAT and it's available on Spotify as a single cut..it says it's from an album titled the same as the song
	12:54am KP: G, thanks!
	12:54am Andrew Waterloo: hmmm.. is it only Michigan where it's pronounced ruff
	12:54am Mike Sin: Folks! Thanks for commenting! Well all right!
	12:54am BadGuyZero: Does anyone know if there's a copy of Mojo Nixon's Christmas album in the FMU library? 'Cause if not I'm going to rectify that by Christmas season 2013.
	12:55am KP: I figure it's better to be miserable with Mrs. KP's family than my own.
	12:56am G: @KP: Small world alert. I'm seeing relatives tomorrow morning here in MD who live on Fairfax St.
	1:00am BadGuyZero: Looks like that Mockers tune is digital only. http://themockers.bandcamp.com/album/mockin-around-the-christmas-tree
	1:06am Joe B: Hey Mike! sounding great! ready to start wrapping Christmas gifts! Hey TT!
	1:07am KP: Uh oh.
	1:08am KP: I'm sending cards. How do you spell "B" again?
	1:11am G: To spell B, just write a capital I with no bars, then connect to right side of it a backwards-facing E with curvy arms.
	1:12am Joe B: Dave Edmunds has the best version!
	1:13am BadGuyZero: http://www.foghat.com/fog_rec/runrun.htm
	1:13am G: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ms2AwuGkE Foghat from youtoobs
	1:17am Terre T: Hey @ Joe B - man everybody's wrapping presents! I gotta do that tomorrow! Happy& Merry my raydeo brother!
	1:17am chip: a chance to play shuggie otos' strawberry letter 23 , not xmas but a great sentiment anyhoo
	1:17am KP: Mrs KP, (after two days in close quarters here in Va) aren't you sick of all this weird Christmas music. Mr. KP: No!
	1:19am Joe B: TT great party Saturday, bummed I had to split!
	1:20am KP: Saw Charlie's My Darling on Tv down here. Unbeeleeevable bubba!
	1:20am G: Didn't P.H. also do that Irving Berling adaptation, "A Whiter Shade of Christmas"?
	1:24am BadGuyZero: I'm writing postcards right now. But I'll be wrappin' gifts tomorrow night.
	1:25am KP: Writing a letter To make you feel better
	1:26am KP: BGZ, right after you buy them!
	1:27am Terre T: @ Joe B -YEAH sad u couldn't stay ! Stupid work!
	1:27am KP: This is a fantastic one, mike sin!
	1:28am Andrew Waterloo: There's been a lot of great Christmas music on WFMU the last few days
	1:30am Terre T: @Mike Sin- thx for the Vashti !
	1:30am tomB: @Chip, Shuggie Otis is playing NYC 4/18/13
	1:31am Mike Sin: Folks! Thanks!
	1:32am listener mark: Happy Christmas Eve!
	1:34am tomB: & Mike, thanks for Tommy's Xmas. DJs tend to overlook this great song. Christ, it even mentions Jesus!
	1:36am KP: tomB you're giving away the plot (I saw it too)
	1:36am KP: This has the greatest Yeah!
	1:38am KP: Sgt Pepper, Tommy ... and the rest
	1:42am Bob: This is one of my favorite Christmas songs...I love all the Beatles Christmas records. It's great to hear all this music on WFMU around this time of year. Thanks!
	1:48am KP: Gorgeous!
	1:52am BadGuyZero: I have a bootleg that compiles all of the Beatles' Christmas singles. Before I forget, thank you, Mike, for filling in for Therese. It's always a pleasure to hear you on my interwebs.
	1:52am Bob: BGZ - I have that boot too! :-)
	1:59am Julie at the compound: Hi Mike!!
	2:03am KP: BGZ agreed!
	2:03am BadGuyZero: "Baby It's Cold Inside"
	2:07am KP: Ha ha!
	2:22am BadGuyZero: Hmm...is this a subtle request?
	2:23am BadGuyZero: [the Shocking Blue song]
	2:24am Julie at the compound: sounded like Ray Davies to me..through my tiny bad computer speakers anyway
	2:27am Joe B: worldwide debut! Mike Sin exclusive! who are you, Vin Scelsa!
	2:36am Joe B: love the Midnight X-Mess comps!
	2:41am BadGuyZero: Pumpkin time for me. Thanks again, Mike! Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you have a pleasant day regardless of who you do or do not spend it with. Until next time...
	2:49am Cuz Jerry: Just got on...I'll listen to the archive on Christmas Eve...what can be better! Merry Christmas Mike & TerreT
	2:51am KP: Thanks for this after that version of Holiday.
	2:51am KP: BGZ very Merry if I don't see ya!
	2:52am Mike Sin: Merry Xmas to all of those celebrating! Thanks so much, folks! It's been great fun!
	2:57am KP: Thanks Mike! Wow it is getting late. Merry Christmas one and all.
	2:58am Joe B: Christmas Spirit LP was 1963
	2:59am Cuz Jerry: Only one I missed was Melanie Safka'Merry Christmas". That very cool strange voice...the tempo changes...the message and hell its Merry Christmas! '
	6:13pm kat330: Mike, quite a fine Christmas show. I fully get why you would play Shine On Brightly when you're bummed.

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from December 24, 2012

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